Vegetable peeler container



Jan. 25, 1944., M. e. M CLUNG 2,339,936

VEGETABLE PEELER CONTAINER Filed Sept. 21, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 l n t:

Jan. 25, 1944. MCCLUNG VEGETABLE PEELER CONTAINER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 2l 1 942 Patented Jan. 25, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I VEGETABLE PEELER. CONTAINER V Murry G. McClung, Los Angeles, Calif. Application September 21, 1942, Serial No. 459,209

v(Cl. 14649) 6 Claims.

This invention relates to vegetable peelers and particularly pertains to improvements in the construction of the containers employed in the type of vegetable peeler set forth in United States Letters Patent No. 2,231,543 issued February 11,-

1941, which embodies a vertically extending cylindrical container fitted in the lower portion thereof with a circular, horizontal, rotary table. The upper surface'of the table and the portion of the inner periphery of the container above the table are surfaced with a cementitious abrasive material. A motor is associated with the container together with transmission means for driving the table. In the construction of the cylindrical container as set forth in said patent and as heretofore practiced, the cylindrical wall of the container is formed of a single sheet of sheet metal of sufiicient thickness to be self-supporting and of such strength as to adequately carry the load carried thereon and to resist the shocks ordinarily imposed thereon, and in surfacing such wall with an abrasive the latter is applied over a wire netting overlying the inner periphery of the cylindrical wall in unattached relation thereto, which netting serves as a bond abrasive material.

- The primary object of the present invention is to provide a construction in the container whereby the cylindrical wall thereof may be fabricated of much thinner sheet metal than heretofore so as to effect a substantial reduction in the metal used with a corresponding reduction in the weight of the structure; the invention being carried into effect by the provision of an arrangement of reinforcements including the wire netting which is utilized as a reinforcement for the sheet metal wall as well as a reinforcement for the cementitious abrasive by interconnecting the wire netting and the sheet metal wall of the container and whereby the abrasive also serves to strengthen the container wall. 7

Another object is to provide a construction affording a substantial reinforcement of the upper and lower ends of the cylindrical casing apart from the portions of the walls of the casing or container reinforced by the netting and the abrasive.

A further object is to provide a construction whereby the mounting of the rotary table will serve to strengthen and brace the lower end por-' tion of the cylindrical wall of the container transversely thereof in conjunction with the bottom wall of the container, and whereby the container wall is sufiiciently reinforcedso that the motor for driving'the rotary table maybe mounted diand reinforcement for the rectly on the container wall and carried thereby.

With the foregoing objects in View, together with such other objects and advantages as may subsequently appear, the inventionresides in the parts and in the combination, construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated by wayof example in the accompanying drawings, in which: v

Fig. 1 is a view of the vegetable peeler as seen in vertical section with portions shown in elevation;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section and plan view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail in vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 with parts shown in elevation;

Fig. 4 is a detail in section taken on the line l4 of Fig. 2 with parts shown in elevation;

Fig. 5 is a detail in section illustrating the manner of fastening the wire netting reinforcement to the container side wa Referring to the drawings more specifically, A indicates generally the container of the peeling machine-which embodies a side wall comprising an upstanding open ended cylinder. A loose cover B is provided for the upper end of the cylinder which has a marginal flange 1 adapted to seat on the upper end of the cylinder side wall and which cover has a downwardly inclined central portion 8 leading to an opening 9; the cover B serving as a hopper through which articles to be peeled may be directed into the container. Spaced upwardly from the open lower end of the container is an inclined bottom wall H) to the lower portion of which is connected a discharge pipe ll through which washing liquid is discharged. The container is preferably supported on a base C embodying a rectangular top frame I2 formed of angle-iron rails; the lower end of the cylinder seating in the frame and being detachably connected thereto by screws l2 pass through an upstanding margin of the rail and engage the lower margin of the container.

Aflixed to the cylindrical side wall of the container beneath the inclined bottom wall I0 is a spider l3 fitted with a bearing M which projects upwardly through the wall l0. Mounted and supported in the bearing I4 is a vertically extending shaft IE on the upper end of which is afiixed a rotary circular table D which overlies the inclined bottom wall Ill and which table has a diameter such that its outer periphery will extend proximate to but spaced from the inner periphery of the cylindrical side wall of the container. The mountingof the rotary table is made the subject matter of a co-pending application Serial Number 459,210, filed September 21, 1942. i

The lower end of the shaft I5 is fitted with a pulley l6 engaged by a belt I! which passes around a drive wheel l8 of an electric motor l9 carried on the side of the container A; the motor being secured to a face plate 20 extending circumferentially of the cylindrical side wall of the container by means of bolts 2| which pass through the container side wall and extend through the face plate 20 and through side flanges 22 of the motor I9 and are engaged by clamping nuts 23 which abut the flanges 22 and fasten the motor in place; nuts 23' being screwed on the bolts between the flanges 22 and the face plate to clamp the latter in place on the container side wall.

An opening is formed the container diametrically opposite the mounting of the motor l9 which opening is bordered by a cast metal frame 24 on which is hinged a pair of doors 25 and 23 mounted to swinghorizontally toward and away from each other. A catch 21 is \provided to fasten the doors 25 and 25 together in their closed position.

In constructing the container in accordance with my invention the cylindrical wall thereof is fabricated by initially forming a cylinder 33 of thin sheet metal which cylinder is of a length slightly in excess of the height of the finished container. Reinforcing sheet metal bands 3! and 32 are positioned around the end portions of the cylinder in snug engagement therewith; the outer margins of the rings being initially positioned in spaced relation to the end margins of the cylinder. The protruding end portions of the cylinder are then bent around the outer margins of the bands 3| and 32 and are bent into overlying engagement with the outer faces of the bands as indicated at 33 and 34. To further reinforce the upper end of the cylinder a sheet metal ring 35 is positioned to bear against the inner face of the marginal upper end portion of the cylinder opposite the downturned flange 33 and the contiguous marginal portion of the external band 3|, which assemblage is interconnected by a series of rivets 35, or similar fastenings, which pass through ring 35, a cylinder wall 39, band 3i and flange 33. The upper margin of the cylinder is thus formed of a series of laminations of sheet metal whereby requisite strength and rigidity is imparted to the upper margin of the cylinder. The lower margin of the cylinder is reinforced by the ring 32 and the upturned flange 34 overlying the lower edge of the ring 32; the reinforcing ring 32 being fastened to the lower end of the cylinder by rivets 3'1. The lower portion of the cylinder is' reinforced and strengthened by the inclined bottom wall It) having an upstanding marginal wall or flange 33 which abuts the inner face of the cylinder and is secured thereto by stove bolts 39 or similar fastenings.

Additional strengthening of the lower end por tion of the cylinder is afforded by the spider l3, the ends of the legs of which are. formed with flanges 49- which abut the inner face of the cylinder opposite the reinforcing ring 32; the spider being secured in place by rivets 42 which pass through the flanges 6.0, cylinder wall 30, and reinforcing ring 32. g

As a means for reinforcing the intermediate wall portion of the cylinder wall 30 and at the same time provide an abrasive inner surface on the cylinder, a sheet of expanded metal netting E and. a. layer ofcementitious abrasive matein the cylindrical wall of rial F is applied to the inner surface of the cylinder extending between the bottom wall l0 and the lower margins of the inner reinforcing ring 35. In order that the netting and the cement may act to strengthen and stiffen the cylinder wall 30, the netting is secured to and tightly clamped against the wall 30 at numerous points throughout the area of the netting by means of stove bolts 43 and their associated nuts 44 and washers 45 as vshown in Fig. 5; the stove bolts being passed through openings 46 formed in the wall 30 and engaging the washers 45'and nuts 44 interiorly of the netting and the nuts 44 being screwed on the bolts to bear against the washers and the latter being arranged to bear against webs of the netting to press the latter against the cylinder under pressure of the nuts. The cementitious abrasive material is then applied to the netting in a plastic state to afford a layer thereof of substantial thickness and such as to completely imbed the netting and the inner ends of the stove bolts and their connections.

The cementitious abrasive material F comprises a co position which is plastic when highly g5 heated and in which condition it is applied but which solidifies at a temperature in excess of boiling, and accordingly when this material hardens on the netting it will serve to strengthen the cylindrical wall of the container by reason of the netting being tightly secured to the latter.

The reinforcing ring will serve as an abutment or frame for the upper margin of the netting and the contiguous edge of the cementitious covering, and acts to prevent exposure of the 35 ragged edge of the netting at the upper edge of the abrasive.

By fabricating the cylindrical wall of the container as set forth a considerable saving in sheet metal and a consequent decrease in weight of a container of given size is effected and yet a strong and substantial structure is attained.

While I have shown and described a specific embodiment of my invention I do not limit myself to the exact details of construction set forth, and the invention embraces such changes, modifications and equivalents of the parts and their formation and arrangement as come within the purview of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a vegetable peeler of the character described, a container comprising a cylinder of sheet metal having open ends, reinforcing sheet metal bands encircling the marginal end portions of said cylinder, the end margins of said cylinder being turned outwardly and downwardly in overlying engagement with said reinforcing hands, a stiffening ring extending along the inner marginal portion of one end of said cylinder, means fastening said ring and the contiguous band and cylinder wall together, a sheet of metal netting extending over an intermediate portion of the inner surface of said cylinder, means fastening said netting to said cylinder wall, and a cementitious abrasive material imbedding said netting.

2. In a vegetable peeler of the character described, a container comprising an open ended sheet metal cylinder, a bottom wall spaced inwardly from one end of said cylinder having its margin affixed. to the latter, a metallic ring overlying. the inner marginal portion of the end of said cylinder opposite said bottom wall, means fastening said ring to said cylinder, a sheet of reinforcing metallic netting extending around 15, the peripheral: portionof said cylinder leading between said bottom wall and said n'ng, means fastening said netting to said cylinder wall, and a cementitious abrasive material covering said netting and forming the inner surface of said container between said ring and said bottom wall.

3. The structure called for in claim 2, together with metallic reinforcing bands tightly encompassing the external marginal end portions of said cylinder and aflfixed thereto.

4. The structure called for in claim 2, together with metallic reinforcing bands tightly encompassing the external marginal end portions of said cylinder and affixed thereto, the ends of said cylinder being turned outwardly and inwardly to overlie the outer marginal portions of said bands in close engagement therewith.

5. The structure called for in claim 2, together with a spider interposed between the bottom wall and the contiguous end of said cylinder having its ends abutting and aflixed to the inner periphery of said cylinder.

6. In a vegetable peeler of the character de scribed, a container comprising an open ended sheet metal cylinder, a bottom wall adjacent one end of said cylinder having its margin affixed 

